Obadiah 1:18
And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the Lord hath spoken it.
Cross-references
Obadiah 1:16 speaks of nations drinking God's wrath and vanishing, paralleling Edom's complete destruction in v18.
Obadiah 1:10 gives the cause (violence against Jacob) and result (cut off forever) for the fire judgment in v18.
Obadiah 1:9 describes Edom's warriors cut off by slaughter, preceding the fire judgment in v18 — same event from another angle.
Psalm 83 lists Edom among conspirators and prays for fire to consume them, echoing Obadiah's judgment by fire.
Zechariah 12:6 uses the same fire-and-stubble imagery for Judah consuming surrounding nations, echoing Obadiah's prophecy.
Isaiah 10:17 uses fire and flame imagery for God's judgment, similar to the fire from Jacob consuming enemies in Obadiah.
Nahum 1:10 says Nineveh is consumed like fully dried stubble — a parallel image of total destruction by fire.
Isaiah 47:14 directly says Babylon is like stubble that fire consumes — nearly identical imagery to Obadiah's judgment on Edom.
Joel 2:5 describes locusts as a flame devouring stubble, using the same fire-and-stubble image for an invading judgment.
Malachi 4:1 uses the same image of evildoers as stubble consumed by fire, reinforcing the theme of final divine judgment.
Jeremiah 49:13 prophesies Edom's perpetual desolation — reinforcing the complete destruction of Edom here.
Psalm 137:7 recalls Edom's role in Jerusalem's fall — the historical backdrop for the judgment pronounced on Edom here.
Amos 9:12 says Israel will possess Edom's remnant — aligning with the destruction and displacement of Edom here.
Micah 5:8 depicts the remnant of Jacob like a lion devouring enemies, parallel to the consuming fire of Jacob in Obadiah.
Isaiah 31:9 associates fire with Zion as God's judgment, reinforcing the fire from Jacob in Obadiah.
Isaiah 11:14 describes Israel laying hands on Edom — a similar future victory over Edom as the burning judgment here.
Isaiah 5:24 uses the same 'stubble consumed by fire' metaphor for Israel's judgment, showing it as a common divine judgment image.